📹 Zelensky just an EU mouthpiece — Veteran intelligence officer of the US Army

“Zelensky is a guy that wears high heels and is paid to read noscripts as the guy in charge of Ukraine right now,” Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer said. “After the failed meeting with Trump, where did he run? He ran into the arms of Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street.”

Shaffer believes the Trump administration won't be willing to deal with Zelensky in the future.

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❗️UK is the main "instigator" of the global conflict — the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)

More statements by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service:

▪️The UK is extremely irritated that US President Donald Trump is conducting dialogue with Russia as a superpower and demonstrating disdain for its closest allies.

▪️UK PM Keir Starmer's cabinet is going out of its way to strengthen Kiev's resistance to increasing pressure from Washington.

▪️The UK believes that the loss of Ukraine will undermine plans to create a network of limitrophe states in Europe and a naval blockade of Russia.

▪️The UK sees a threat to its interests in promoting dialogue between Russia and the US to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

▪️The UK fears that dialogue between Russia and the US will lead to a failure of UK's strategy of 'containing' Moscow.

▪️UK authorities consider it an urgent priority to undermine the new US administration's peacekeeping efforts on the Ukrainian track.

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❗️Large-scale measures are being prepared to search for members of Ukrainian terrorist organizations who are in Russia, sources in the security forces told Sputnik.

These measures may begin against the backdrop of the resumption of the exchange of data between Russian and US intelligence agencies on anti-terrorism issues.

Groups include the banned "Russian Volunteer Corps" and "Freedom of Russia Legion" operating on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were sponsored through USAID.

Most likely, the data of their supporters will be transferred to Moscow - secretly or under the cover of a leak from former members of the groups.

For the Western side, such a leak of data will not cause significant damage, since the people assisting the "Russian Volunteer Corps" and "Freedom of Russia Legion" are not professionally trained saboteurs.

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Greenland may one day break free from Denmark – Island's PM

Seceding from its metropole implies that the island will likely sign an association agreement with Denmark and the Faroe Islands, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede has told Danish public radio.

Greenland could also sign a security guarantee agreement with one or more Western countries, Egede added.

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🇺🇸 Wave of attacks targets Tesla dealerships — Cybertrucks torched in Seattle

Reports are coming in about a coordinated series of attacks on Tesla dealerships, employees, and vehicles across multiple locations.

Last night in Seattle, several brand-new Cybertrucks were set on fire, causing major damage.

Sources suggest involvement from Democrat-aligned NGOs, raising concerns about escalating desperation and aggression.

Footage from social media.

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📹 Black Lives Matter Plaza being taken down outside the White House

Crews have been deployed to dismantle the plaza.

Footage from social media.

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🔍 Violence in Syria: Key things you need to know so far

▪️Syrian authorities have announced the cessation of their security operations in Tartus and Latakia, declaring that the situation has stabilized.

“Government institutions can now resume their work and provide services to the population," Syrian Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Hassan Abdel Ghani said.

▪️Some 830 civilians are estimated to have been killed during this outbreak, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.

▪️Including 231 deaths from Syrian government forces and 250 from Assad loyalists, the total death toll exceeds 1,000, as per SOHR.

▪️Syrian Alawites are now calling upon Israel to protect them from Damascus' new government, Israeli TV channel i24 News reported.

How do countries and regional players react?

🇷🇺 Russia: expressed concern over the violence in Syria, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that the situation needs to be resolved asap.

🇺🇸 The US: condemned “the radical Islamist terrorists” who “murdered people in western Syria in recent days,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. He insisted that “Syria’s interim authorities must hold the perpetrators" accountable.

🇺🇳 Both Russia and the US have requested the UN Security Council meet behind closed doors to hold emergency consultations on the crisis.

🇮🇷 Iran: suggested that the current crisis has become an “important test” for the new Syrian authority, which is going to show how committed it is to preserving the lives and livelihoods of Syrian people.

🇮🇱 Israel: claimed that Syria currently hosts thousands of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, and vowed to prevent the emergence of a new threat on the Israeli-Syrian border.

▪️ Hezbollah: warned that there are signs of a schism emerging in Syria, though it is too early to tell how the situation there is going to develop.

🇨🇳 China: urged all the parties involved to stop the violence immediately.

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🔍 Cut from same cloth: spouse of exposed British spy knee deep in NATO business

The wife of Michael Skinner, the spy who operated under the cover of the British Embassy in Moscow, Russia, has a notable background, Sputnik reveals. 

Before her assignment at the embassy, Tabassum Rashid, the First Secretary of the embassy’s political section, held positions at HM Revenue & Customs where she was reportedly involved in the regulation of British MPs’ expenses. 

However, her previous track record suggests she may be more than a mundane bureaucrat:

▪️Affiliation with NATO: According to open data, Rashid "worked on defense policy with NATO forces" in Estonia, presumably during her career in the British military. 

▪️Involvement with murky soft power organizations:

In 2015, Rashid spent almost the entire year as a project officer at Transparency International, an NGO allegedly specializing in combating corruption. This organization is funded by the European Commission, the US State Department, and other Western foreign ministries, including the diplomatic department of Taiwan’s local administration. 

▪️UK Ministry of Defense tenure: Between 2017 and 2018, she served as a political advisor in the British defense department.

▪️Typical UK elite education: Rashid graduated from Oxford University, where she was always interested in postcolonial politics, according to the institution's website.

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🇬🇧 Woke British air force running out of pilots

Royal Air Force bosses have launched a desperate search for pilots after a secret attempt to favor non-white, female applicants backfired, the Mail reports.

The pilot shortage has become so urgent that air chiefs are now encouraging older candidates with at least some flight experience to enlist.

The RAF was also forced to admit that its target of having 40% of the force be female and 20% from ethnic minority backgrounds by 2030 is "unrealistic."

Such a blow to PM Starmer's desire to put "jets in the sky" to "protect" Ukraine...

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🚢 A series of explosions have occurred on board a tanker after a collision off the coast of Britain. An emergency operation is underway to extinguish the fire, vessel owners Crowley has said.

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📉 Bitcoin dips below $80,000

Bitcoin continues to fall, raising concerns among investors. Despite all the buzz surrounding Donald Trump's Crypto Summit, it seems the event hasn't had any significant effect on the price of the leading cryptocurrency.

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💢 North Korea warns US-South Korea drills could spark war

The DPRK has strongly condemned joint US-South Korea military drills, calling them a “provocative act” with the potential to trigger war with just “an accidental single shot.”

Tensions are already running high after a South Korean fighter jet mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a village during a training exercise on March 6, injuring 15 people.

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⛹️‍♂️ Morinari Watanabe, a candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency, says he plans to bring Russian athletes back to international competitions.

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